Tag Archives: movie

Ed and I had just seen Julian Schnabel’s movie about Vincent Van Gogh, “At Eternity’s Gate”, and were exiting one of the more tucked away screening rooms at the Landmark 57 multiplex, which required walking down a long, narrow, … Continue reading →

So what is the big new deal with “The Tell-Tale Heart – a musicabre“? OK! Aright! I know you’ve been on tenterhooks! The suspense has been killing you! But only figuratively. Not literally, … Continue reading →

Theme from Miss Marple – Ron Goodwin and his Orchestra A while back I promised there would be a series of Happy Tunes for Dark Times to highlight what I consider sure fire musical mood boosters. What with ever escalation Twitter … Continue reading →

When you see a theater production of a piece you know well and love well, after having seen wonderful and celebrated productions of the piece many times before, including the original Broadway production, and watched the dvd of that production … Continue reading →

Last August I posted a (lavishly video annotated) piece about Meryl Streep’s musical performances over the years (which you can reread below). I concluded the article with the following: Streep’s movie musical career continues with Florence Foster Jenkins, a movie … Continue reading →

I love the movie “Carol”. It is one of the best movies of the year, masterful on all levels. While I was watching it, I kept on thinking: “How exquisitely swoony”. Refined and restrained on the one … Continue reading →

My father insists that the movie theater or rather many of the patrons in the theater were scarier than anything that was happening on the screen. Possibly. I was eleven and not world-weary enough to be wary of the pot-smoking … Continue reading →

E. L. Doctorow, one of the giants of contemporary literature has passed. I have read nine of his twelve books, a ratio and record I have equaled in passion and loyalty with only two other contemporary authors, John Irving and … Continue reading →